Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-21
SACK CLOTH AND ASHES
WASHINGTOE NOT SOMBRk
WITH LESTEN DIZZINESS.


WASHINGTON, March 19.-W ashington
Dc, OF course, now somewhat under the
influence OF the Lenten quiet. The city Is
FAR from being in sackcloth and ashes,
however. Progressive euchre parties,
musicales and other similar anu easements,
with midnight supper accomplishments
Sre INDUCED in just the same. Dancing
lie the principal pleasure which society
eschews ia evidence Of its piety Mrs.
Cleveland is having almost absolute quiet
and rest now. She is seeing even less OF
social life than she anticipated during tue
Lenten season, owing to the death OF her
grandmother.
The President and his wife are driven
put to their country home every pleasant
DAY. There Is nothing that 10 enjoyed
more by tn executive family than TINS
arrive to tia pnntry and the toast oy the
wood fire ialittle lunch. Mrs. FOLSOM
has made augemenJs 10 nave az e8-
cellent garden. and shs will have hDy ers,
plants and yines about the stone mouse.
Wnen there we're evening entertainments
n the White House tDls winter snr
always came In and remained over
night. The President and his
wife 10 doubt will return these visits in
kind this spring Mrs. Folsom will be in
CLOSELY this year. II IS probable that the
President and MS wife will move out Tor
the summer about May /. Property Is
q still advancing in value 10 the vicinity Of
y the Presidents place, and has NOT
reached its maximum figure By any
eans, IL seems. Last October Irs. Pat
ten, the wealthy widow whose daughter
was married to Congressman Glover a
few weeks since. bought siX'y-hve acres
adjoining Oak View, for which she paid
300 per acre. To-day Nav York syn
Dicate offered her sl,500 per acre for the
purchase, but she decline II. She holds
tbe tract at 81, 00Ui per acre aud will prOba-
bly, get il in q f. W months. Two wears
$50 this land could have been bought Tor
fl50 an acre.
SECRETARY MANSING's SUCCESSOR.
Washingtou's official society is much
more deeply Interested IN the identity OF
Secretary Of the Treasury MaIling's sue
cessor than most people imagine. 90
ciety's interest results from the fact that
toe wife OF the new oficial-oecretary
Baysrd being unmarried-wlll rank next
10 Mrs. Cleveland on state occasions.
should the new Secretary be an unmar.
ried man, Mrs. Endicot., wife OF the Sec
Rotary of War, succeeds to this position.
There would then be, Of wives OF
cabinet officers, only four, and Of
these Mrs. Lamar is elderly and
.
Endicott is in poor health, and therefore
not always to be counted on at ceremO-
niai OCCASIONS, although cOnscientiOusly
present whenever II is possible. Mrs.
Whitney and Mrs. Villas alone remain TO
be fully depended on for social leadership
in the executive circle. 1t becomes
peculiarly a matter OF interest that TINS
broken line should be reinforced by the
acquisition OF a lady Of tact, breeding ana
xmIability, radiant in health and spirits.
Mrs. Manning is a difficult woman 10 fol-
low, for she was a rare omblnatinn oil
resolution and gentleness-a woman tail,
graceful and fair 10 look upon, with
stately walk tn at maze hex a picture
beautiful in memory Oh occasions when
she came down the stairway Of state and
into the Blue parlOT leaning on
the Presidents arm. IL is said OF
her that during her Two years of Official
life she mas not been known to make Ons
mistake. In view Of tls mental wolri-
ment consequent on the critical condition
of her husbands health tina is saying
great deal. Mrs. IannIng's departure
leaves void which IL VIII bc hard 10 ill.
She was universally popular, and a true
AID warm hearted woman m every sense
of the term. When the question is agi-
tated OF the lady on whom Mrs. Man.
ning's mantle could appropriately
~fall, every one here names Mrs.
Fairchild unhesitatin2ly. AS niece OF
Horatio Seymour, she would bring into
the Cabinets social council the traditions
of the ablest Democratic etaresmanshlp
and of unDemi shed family record. She
has youth, aJtractiYeness and a retiring,
thOu2nttul manner, lull Of delicate con-
sideraliOn for others. She mas not the
elements of crude and fam bOyant pOpu-
Iarity, but OF Il permanent approval and
respect. Among her guests are numbered
the most select old families OF Now York.
Ill. ne lEs.s..
are wishing her now. Mrs. Lincklaen,
Mrs. FaiTchiid's mother, \ sister OF Mrs.
Roscoe COnkiipg ana of Gov. Seymour, is
usually with Der daughter mere. she still
wears light mourning for her distIn-
Fuised brother, but appears in the draw
(ng-room at Mrs. Fslrchild's receptions.
SENATOR BROWNS WEALTH.
The impression prevails In w ashingto
that Senator Joe Browns Willingness to
sell bis famous coal mine property In
= Georgia is not so much the result OF de-
sire 10 be rid OF the cares Incident To Its
ownership as 70 the fact that the willy
Senator has worked the bonanza for
pretty near all there is in II. 1t - said by
men mere who OuGht 10 know what Jhey
are talking about that the mine IS not
worth anything ike $2.0O0,009, and that
the prospective purchasers VIII insist on
cutting down The figures cons derablv
= before they invest. In TACT, Tie senator Y
whole estate IL not estimated here 10 be
worth oyer S2.000,0 900 or ~, 800, 900 at the
outside. There ~ not much probability
that the distinguis he'd Georgian will let
amy part Of his holdings 20 for nothing.
Once he gets possession ne is pretty apt
70 hold on tenaciously.
LUDICRoUs MISTAKES.
Congress always sows a crop OF lul-
1icrous mistakes during the rush which
has come 10 be characteristic Of the last
hours OF a session. The engrossing and
enrolling clerks of the two Ouses, work
ing steadily as they had 20 do last week
for forty-eight hours, without a chance TO
take even a cat-nap,au scarcely a chance
TO take n cup OF coffee, come TO be so Ut
terly worn out that they scarcely know
what they are writing. There il an ON
niDresent danger that mistakes Of
serious and costly nature will
be made, but this fact has not
yet sufficiently impressed itself on the
solOns OF legislation to remedy the evil.
In 1888 a misplaced comma in the river
and harbor bill cost the government
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars. The
crop Of blu nders is harvested by the De-
partmenJ OF State when il puts away the
originals OF the acts OF Congress in lis
archives. One OF tine queeresJ bills this
wear was An item in thp naVuI